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Intellect QMS review

A configurable, no-code QMS platform for mid-market and enterprise manufacturers, with starting prices on the vendor's site. Design controls, risk files and software lifecycle get little support, and apps beyond the core five cost extra.

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Price
from $26k/yrCore from $26k a year; add-on apps and services extra
Free trial
No free trialRecorded video tours and live demo
EU hosting
EU region selectableNo public DPA or subprocessor list
Last checked
Oct 2026

What we like

  • Starting prices for three plans are published on the vendor's own site: from $26,000, $32,000 and $47,000 (October 2026).
  • No-code configuration: reviewers repeatedly praise how far quality teams can adapt workflows, forms and apps without IT.
  • Product videos show working apps for document control, training, nonconformances, CAPA, audits, change control, complaints, suppliers and device history records.
  • ISO 27001:2022 certificate valid to December 2026, Part 11 e-signatures, and a choice of US, Canadian or EU hosting.
  • Also covers GxP manufacturing (deviations, batch records, validation) and EHS on the same platform.

What to watch

  • No design-control app, a generic risk register and FMEA instead of an ISO 14971 risk file, and nothing for IEC 62304 or Jira and Git.
  • Only five core apps come with the base offering; change control, complaints, supplier management and DHR are catalogue apps sold as add-ons.
  • Implementation, validation and data migration are scoped and priced separately, and no amounts are published.
  • No free trial, no public customer agreement, no data processing agreement and no documented full export at the end of a contract.
  • Some device and pharma reviewers report that the out-of-the-box apps don't match their workflows and that configuration has a learning curve.

About the price: Vendor-published starting prices (Oct 2026): Core from $26k, Operational Control from $32k, Enterprise Transformation from $47k, billed annually per the Capterra listing. Seat counts not stated. Add-on apps, implementation, validation and migration priced separately.

What is Intellect QMS?

Intellect QMS is a cloud quality management system from Interneer, Inc., which trades as Intellect. The company says it was founded in 2000 in Los Angeles.12 It sells to “mid-market and enterprise” manufacturers and life-science companies.3

Medical devices are one of several markets, next to pharma, labs, automotive, aerospace, electronics, food and beverage and energy.1 The product is built on a no-code platform: quality teams start from pre-built apps and change forms and workflows with drag-and-drop tools.4 Since buying UK company Zaptic in November 2025, Intellect also sells connected frontline worker and EHS software on the same platform.56

Who Intellect QMS is for

Intellect fits manufacturers that want to shape the QMS around their own processes and have someone who can spend time on configuration. Reviewers praise how configurable it is, and several say upkeep needs a dedicated person.78 It also suits companies that make both devices and pharma products, because deviation, batch record and validation apps sit on the same platform.910

Look elsewhere if you:

  • Build software or need design controls. There is no design-control app in the catalogue, and we found nothing for IEC 62304, Jira or Git.411
  • Are a small team on a tight budget. The cheapest plan starts at $26,000 a year, before add-on apps and services.6
  • Want SOP templates. Intellect ships workflow apps, not procedure templates, and one reviewer says there are almost no prebuilt forms or templates.12

Intellect QMS pricing

Intellect publishes starting prices on its pricing page (checked 5 October 2026):6

  • Core: starting at $26,000.
  • Operational Control: starting at $32,000. Adds lean operations, EHS and document control in the plan table.
  • Enterprise Transformation: starting at $47,000. Adds enterprise support and an enterprise control center.
  • Tailor your platform: custom pricing.

The page doesn’t state seat counts or a billing period. Intellect’s Capterra listing says billing is annual.13 The plan table crosses out document control on Core, while the QMS page says the core offering includes five applications, with document control listed first.634

Several costs come on top:

  • Add-on apps. The core offering is the platform plus five apps (document control, training, nonconformance, CAPA and audits). Change management, complaints, supplier management, device history records and risk are catalogue apps, and “add-on applications” are extra.43
  • Services. Professional services start at $300 an hour, and validation and project work need scoping.14 Onboarding, data migration and go-live support are listed as implementation services with no price.15
  • User growth. One reviewer writes that the initial cost was low but that licence and support fees “can quickly increase” as more employees need access.16

We found no archived copy of the pricing page, so we couldn’t check how prices have changed.

Features

We checked features against Intellect’s product pages, data sheets and the transcripts of its product videos. Intellect has no public help center.

Document control and training

Document control handles revisions, approvals, periodic reviews and a full audit trail of approvals.17 Training tracks certifications and skills, flags records about to expire, and can generate quizzes from documents with AI.183 Approvals use Part 11 electronic signatures, or DocuSign if you prefer.19

Nonconformances, CAPA and audits

These three are core apps. Nonconformances are scored by risk, can raise supplier corrective action requests and escalate to CAPA.204 The CAPA app covers root-cause analysis and an effectiveness check, and audits have schedules and findings.2122

Change control, complaints, suppliers and DHR

These are add-on apps, each shown in a short product video:

  • Change management and engineering change notices with impact assessments and e-signatures.23
  • Complaints with investigations, DHR checks and a step for reporting to regulators. We found no eMDR or EU vigilance forms.24
  • Supplier management with approval checklists.25
  • Device history records with work orders and a NetSuite link.26

We found no UDI features.

Design controls and risk

The medical-device page names design control and DHF management.11 We found no design-control app or documentation behind it. Risk management and FMEA apps calculate risk priority numbers for design and process FMEAs, but nothing shows an ISO 14971 risk file or traceability from requirements to tests.2728

What users say

  • Capterra: 4.6/5 from 84 reviews, with 4.5/5 for ease of use and 4.7/5 for customer service (checked in a browser, 5 October 2026).12
  • G2: we read 94 reviews from 2016 to 2024 through G2’s review feed. Their star ratings average 4.6. G2 blocks our browser, so its headline scores weren’t readable.7

G2 has more reviews, but because we couldn’t read its ratings in a browser, we score on Capterra. We’ll check G2 again at the next review.

Users mostly praise:

  • Configurability. Many reviewers like adapting apps without code.
  • Ease of use. Many call it easy to use.
  • Support. Most describe the support and implementation teams warmly.7

Recurring criticism:

  • Configuration learning curve. Several users report that setting up and changing apps is not intuitive at first.7
  • Workflow fit for devices. Two device and pharma reviewers say the out-of-the-box apps don’t reflect their workflows.12

Why the ratings may be inflated. All 84 Capterra review dates were read in October 2026: 22 reviews were posted on a single day, 27 October 2025, and about half arrived in three six-week windows. Five reviewers posted on G2 and Capterra under the same name on the same day, and on the first page of Capterra reviews, 11 of 25 are labelled as invited by the vendor or by Capterra with a small incentive.127 Because invited and burst reviews tend to skew positive, our usability, support and sentiment scores are capped at 8 rather than taken at face value.

Security, hosting and validation

Interneer Inc. holds an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate from Bureau Veritas, valid until 29 December 2026.29 The security page names SOC 2 as a framework, but we found no SOC 2 report.30

Intellect runs on AWS by default, and Azure, private cloud and on-premises are also offered.31 It says customers can choose hosting in the US, Canada or the EU.3032 It publishes no data processing agreement or subprocessor list. Its privacy policy covers website visitors only.33

Validation is a paid service. It includes IQ/OQ/PQ templates, validation protocols and summary reports, with optional continuous validation.614

Buying and contract terms

  • Trial: no free trial or sandbox. You get recorded video tours of 22 apps and a live demo on request.3413
  • Contract: the minimum term isn’t public. The terms on the website cover the website only and refer to sales and licence agreements that aren’t published.2
  • Leaving: reports can be exported, but we found no documented way to export all records at the end of a contract.35 SOAP and REST APIs are stated, without public documentation.19
  • Go-live: Intellect’s only published figure is “4-8 weeks” on average, from a 2019 brochure.36 Each new customer gets an implementation analyst and project manager, and up to 500 documents are imported. Data migrations and customisations are scoped separately.37 One reviewer says go-live took much longer than the sales team said.8
  • Price increases: with no public customer terms, we couldn’t check for a cap on renewal increases. We found no reports of renewal price hikes.7
  • If the vendor closes or is sold: no public terms cover data return, insolvency or escrow.

Company and ownership

Intellect is the trading name of Interneer, Inc. of Inglewood, California.2 Registry records show Interneer Inc. as a Delaware corporation registered in California. An older California corporation of the same name is listed as merged out.38

Private-equity firm Strattam Capital bought a majority stake in March 2022, investing over $35 million.39 In November 2025 Intellect still described itself as backed by Strattam, when it bought UK-based Zaptic.5 A new chief executive took over in April 2024.40 As a private company, Intellect files no public accounts.

Verdict

Intellect QMS scores 6.7. Manufacturers of physical devices, especially those that also run GxP or EHS processes, should shortlist it if they want a QMS they can configure themselves at a published starting price. Software teams and anyone who needs design controls, a proper risk file or a trial before buying should look elsewhere.

  1. Intellect: Company. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Intellect: Terms of use. Vendor legal page, last updated 10 May 2024, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Intellect: Quality Management System. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Intellect: Apps. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. Intellect acquires Zaptic. Vendor press release, 17 Nov 2025. ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Intellect: Pricing. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. G2: Intellect QMS reviews. Review site; 94 review texts read through G2’s public review feed, 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  8. G2: “Worth the Money if You Have Someone Dedicated to Oversee Software”. User review, 6 Jul 2021. ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. Intellect: Deviation and Batch Records. Vendor product videos, transcripts checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  10. Intellect: Validation Verification. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  11. Intellect: Medical Devices. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  12. Capterra: Intellect QMS AI reviews. Review site, ratings, review dates and page-1 review-source labels checked in a browser 5 Oct 2026; review texts read through a page summary tool. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  13. Capterra: Intellect QMS AI. Review site listing with vendor-supplied pricing, read through a page summary tool 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  14. Intellect: Professional Services. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  15. Intellect: Customer Support. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  16. G2: “Best scalable eQMS system on the market!”. User review, 7 Mar 2023. ↩︎

  17. Intellect: Document Control App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  18. Intellect: Employee Training. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  19. Intellect: Connectors. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  20. Intellect: Nonconformance. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  21. Intellect: CAPA App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  22. Intellect: Audit Management App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  23. Intellect: Change Management and ECN. Vendor product videos, transcripts checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  24. Intellect: Complaint Management App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  25. Intellect: Supplier Management. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  26. Intellect: Device History Record App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  27. Intellect: Risk Management. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  28. Intellect: FMEA App. Vendor product video, transcript checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  29. Bureau Veritas: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate for Interneer Inc.. Certificate published on the vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  30. Intellect: Security and Compliance. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎ ↩︎

  31. Intellect: Deployment Options. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  32. Intellect: GDPR Compliant Hosting. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  33. Intellect: Privacy Policy. Vendor legal page, last updated 26 Jun 2025, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  34. Intellect: Self-guided demos. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  35. Intellect: Data IQ Reporting. Vendor website, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  36. Intellect: An overview of the Intellect eQMS Suite. Vendor brochure (2019), still published, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  37. Intellect: Implementation Journey. Vendor document (2025), checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  38. OpenCorporates: Interneer Inc. (California) and Interneer Inc. (California, merged out). Mirror of US state registries, checked 5 Oct 2026. ↩︎

  39. Intellect receives majority investment from Strattam Capital. Vendor press release, 2 Mar 2022. ↩︎

  40. Intellect announces new CEO. Vendor press release, 2 Apr 2024. ↩︎

Visit the Intellect QMS website (made by Interneer, Inc. (Intellect))

Notable features

Built-in document editorNot confirmed yetNo built-in document editor documented
Edit in Word or Google DocsNot confirmed yetNo Word or Google Docs editing integration documented
SOP templates includedNot confirmed yetPre-built workflow apps; no SOP or form templates found
Jira or Git integrationNot confirmed yetConnectors for ERP, CRM, NetSuite, DocuSign and Zapier; no Jira or Git
IEC 62304 software featuresNot confirmed yetNo IEC 62304 features found
Validation package includedPartly or add-onIQ/OQ/PQ templates, protocols and reports as a paid service
Public APIPartly or add-onSOAP and REST APIs stated; no public documentation
Single sign-on (SSO)Not confirmed yetNo single sign-on statement found
Supplier portalNot confirmed yetNo supplier portal found
Training with quizzesYesAI-generated comprehension quizzes from documents
FDA MDR or EU vigilance reportingPartly or add-onRegulatory reporting is a step in the complaint workflow; no eMDR or EU forms
AI featuresYesAI chat, document review, root-cause suggestions and quiz generation
How we scored compliance coverage (17 ISO 13485, FDA and EU MDR requirements)
ClauseRequirementIntellect QMS
4.2.4Control of documents
4.2.5Control of records
6.2Training and competence
7.3Design and development
7.3.9Change control
7.4Supplier qualification and control
7.5Production records (DMR/DHR)
UDIUDI management (EU MDR, FDA)
8.2.2Complaint handling
8.2.3Regulatory reporting (FDA MDR, EU vigilance)
MDR 83Post-market surveillance
8.2.4Internal audit
8.3Nonconforming product
8.5.2Corrective action (CAPA)
ISO 14971Risk management file
IEC 62304Software lifecycle
Part 11Electronic signatures
Supported out of the boxPartial, or needs an add-onNot supportedNot confirmed yet

Frequently asked questions

How much does Intellect QMS cost?
Intellect publishes starting prices: Core from $26,000, Operational Control from $32,000 and Enterprise Transformation from $47,000 (October 2026), billed annually according to its Capterra listing. Seat counts aren’t stated. Add-on apps, implementation, validation and data migration are priced separately; professional services start at $300 an hour.
Does Intellect QMS have a free trial?
No. Intellect offers recorded self-guided video tours of its apps and a live demo on request. We found no free trial or sandbox.
Where does Intellect host customer data?
On AWS by default, with Azure, private cloud and on-premises options. Intellect says you can choose US, Canadian or EU regions. It publishes no data processing agreement or subprocessor list, and it holds an ISO 27001:2022 certificate valid to December 2026.
Does Intellect QMS support design controls and IEC 62304?
Barely. Design control and DHF management are named on a marketing page, but there is no design-control app in the catalogue. Risk management and FMEA apps score risk priority numbers, and we found no IEC 62304 or Jira and Git features.
How long does it take to go live with Intellect QMS?
Intellect’s only published figure is that implementations average 4–8 weeks, from a 2019 brochure. Every new customer gets an implementation analyst and a project manager. One reviewer reports that go-live took longer than the sales team said.
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